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Proverbs 16:27

27 8An ungodly man digs up evil,

And it is on his lips like a burning vfire.

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Proverbs 16:27 — The New International Version (NIV)

27 A scoundrel plots evil,

and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — English Standard Version (ESV)

27 A worthless man plots evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil:

And in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

27 Scoundrels create trouble;

their words are a destructive blaze.

Proverbs 16:27 — New Century Version (NCV)

27 Useless people make evil plans,

and their words are like a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

27 A worthless man deviseth mischief;

And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

27 A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

27 A worthless person plots trouble, 

and his speech is like a burning fire. 

Proverbs 16:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

27 A worthless man digs up evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 Scoundrels concoct evil,

and their speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27 A man of wickedness concocts evil,

and his lips are like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

27 A worthless man plans to do evil things.

His words are like a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

27 A worthless man digs up evil,

While his words are like scorching fire.


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